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Auto, credit issues top list of consumer complaints
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
New York Times: The 2009 Consumer Complaint Survey Report shows the areas where consumers had the most problems last year were having to do with autos (including misleading advertising and faulty repairs) and credit issues (including mortgage-related fraud and abusive debt collection tactics). Jennifer Saranow Schultz writes, “The fastest-growing consumer complaint in 2009 was about bogus offers to help save homes from foreclosure.”
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Tags: consumer protection, credit, debt collection, Deceptive advertising, fraud, Mortgage industry;
Category: In The News;